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JOHN LEGEND + BRANDY - Quickly Evolver (2008) Hmmm...i'm almost half way thru' this album. The music is good but not on the level of his 1st album...or the 2nd (tho' i didn't listen 2 that one as much). Brandy is NICE on this one. Andre 3000 has a good guest spot. Kanye West continues 2 reach for new levels of 'suck' on his appearance. Why is John ripping the honest soul out of his music and polishing it??

GARY "LIL' G" JENKINS - So Sexy The Other Side (2007) I didn't even know he had a solo album...this is good so far. Silk alumnni in the house!!

I would kill 2 have that as my biggest problem in life. Ha ha...let it sit in your heart...u'll know what 2 do. Don't miss out on something that is big for u...but be smart about it.

"How do we make a promotional poster for a movie like this?" ... ..."Just put Will's face on it...that way we know people will see it." Not bad, but not creative in anyway.

KELLY ROWLAND + TRAVIS MCCOY - Daylight Ms. Kelly (Deluxe Edition) (2008)

This is just an awful story. It just gets more and more tragic. It has nothing 2 do with American Idol, music, or anything. I put myself in the shoes of anyone going thru' this and i just can't imagin the pain and confusion those involved are experiencing. What makes someone do something like this? I guess anyone who was there is now dead making it hard 2 figure out what happened. I send my thoughts and prayers out 2 those effected. May justice be served. Not 2 make light of this news, but Jennifer's album is REALLY good. If u like R-N-B, u should like her album alot.

Man, seeing this list is really reminding me that i need 2 update it. When i got a new computer i lost alot of my old files. There is a decent bit of stuff that needs added. I posted this in Jan 2005...nothing that waz released after 2004 is on here and i noticed a few things prior to 2004 that are missing. Sounds like a New Year's Resolution/Goal 2 me!!

I just wanted 2 send a prayer out 2 a few people in my area. Some fool with a gun was on the loose downtown just shooting people. Schools and other buildings were on lock down and at least 3 people were shot. Then, in the next closest mall 2 the one i work in, a jewelery clerk was shot and some guy stole over $4,000 in jewelery. I can't imagin what kind of person thinks a few thousand dollars in rings, watches, necklaces, etc is worth shooting and possibly killing someone an also putting yourself in jail for a long time assuming u'll be caught. I pray for a speedy recovery and that justice is served. What a crazy world we live in...

I watched it again...i didn't see anyone who resembled 2Pac at all. It doesn't look like this movie is gonna have anything on Tupac Resurrection.

That's awful. It's hard enough to loose one person that's close 2 u, but 2 loose 2 and not know where the other is is just terrifying. My prayers go out 2 the family and i hope all that can be restored is.

GYM CLASS HEROES - Like Father, Like Son (Papa's Song) The Quilt (2008) ...so good...

I think they've made it more movie/story-like instead of bio-pic-like. Becuz of stories like this and becuz it's based off somebody we all know, everything about it predictable. It looks like a half-step up from a TV movie. I will say that it has a lil' bit of my attention now even tho' i'm not a fan of Biggie's. I'll still probably wait til it hits DVD tho.'

Very cool! U know how cool it must have been 2 be part of the focus group. If one of us was there we could have talked him in2 a new album once and for all.

CHILLI - Glidin' Bi-Polar (maybe) (2008)

HEAVY D - Never Did It Before (Unreleased) (2005) This joint is flawless!!! This is equally as good or even better than most of the tracks on L+F. Hev, drop that 2005 Hip-Hop album!!

Yeah, it waz 1st slated for October. The new issue of Vibe says November, the website says late January. It's gonna be some unreleased stuff with some "re-tooled" tracks from the limited edition, import-only Supernova from 2001. I've been talking with someone from Deathrow who has the few tracks she did when she was talking 2 them and he's gonna make them available on an underground level. D.R.I.P. The Gumph + LEFT EYE - Ease Back (Unreleased) (2002)

LEFT EYE - Wild Out Eye Legacy (Coming Jan '09)

I don't know, i think it was made this way 2 be non-mainstream. I wasn't sure if it was official or not so i checked the guy who posted the video and his other videos are all real. It says directed by LL...he was probably part of throwing the images 2gether.

Or random fools in the background going "ey" over and over again. Not 2 mention that the song has subject matter.

I agree...but Heavy D has always done reggae and dancehall tracks here and there. This isn't as shocking as when Latifah did jazz albums. Hev said he was doing a reggae album back in the mid-90's and it never happened. He'll be rhyming soon enough i'm sure.

I waz listening 2 LL when i saw this post. Very powerful and tasteful. I think it was wise 2 not really perform for the video. It just adds 2 it. Would this ever get play on TV tho'.?

Yeah, during the Lost + Found era, FP did a track for Elephant Man that also featured Redman. There's a handful of L+F trax (or at least songs he did during that time) that we've never seen hit the light of day. It sucks. They should release a version of L+F with those other trax mashed up with DJ Jazzy Jeff's remixes of the L+F trax he reworked.

MICHELLE WILLIAMS - Amazing Love Do You Know (Re-Issue) (2004)

On a random note, after reading this, i went Hev D crazy and just got a ton of stuff on ebay. Things i know about...a few things i didn't know about. One of them was a bulk of CD singles/promos. Soon i'll have remixes of "Nuttin' But Love," "Truthful" (one of my all time favz), and a Pete Rock Remix of "Sex Wit U." The real gems are singles i could never find off the Universal/Bad Boy 2005. Between 3 promos, i'll have the songs Don't Stop, Big Booty Girls, Never Did It Before, and another song that i can't remember the title of. Heavy D has always been in my personal top 3 (along with FP and LL). All u itunes Heavy D fans should check out that new album and tell us how it is.

***THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM COMING OUT...I WAZ JUST ON A DIGGING TRIP AND FOUND THIS ABOUT THE "NEW" ALBUM WE HEARD ABOUT A FEW YEARS AGO*** Heavy D Hires Hip-Hop Heavies For Comeback LP, H.E.V.Rapper returning to the game after taking time off to explore acting. By Jon Wiederhorn When you've been out of the spotlight for a while, one good way to make a triumphant return is to surround yourself with big names. The formula's not foolproof, as evidenced by Run-D.M.C.'s Crown Royal, but it sure worked for Santana, so heavyweight rapper Heavy D is willing to give it a shot. His new album, H.E.V., will feature appearances by Faith Evans, Loon and P. Diddy, who will also provide production assistance. The rapper only has three tracks left to cut, and he hopes to have the disc out early next year. On other fronts, Heavy D is working with Jay-Z on a track for the superstar's next album, and he's also been in the studio with Fat Joe. Heavy D left the rap world after 1999's Heavy to focus on his acting career (appearing in such films as "The Cider House Rules," "Larceny" and "Big Trouble"), and during that time the hip-hop scene gravitated away from the old-school funky grooves upon which Heavy D thrived. He's convinced the respite was healthy, and now he's returning to the game in an era that's more embracing of his trademark style. "The way music is now, it just fits what I do," he said. "It's melodic and really danceable and headed back to being fun, and I want to be a part of that." At the same time, Heavy D is making an effort to reach out to folks who grew up with his music but who might have abandoned hip-hop style as they've aged. "I'm making records to fit a generation that's kind of lost right now," he explained. "There are lots of people who are in their twenties and thirties who still are hip-hop fans, but now they're lawyers, they're doctors, they're schoolteachers, and they don't really get into the day to day slang of hip-hop right now. They're not gonna wear their jeans a certain way and they're not going to wear certain clothes. So I think I'm trying to reach out to that as well as the younger market. When you have the combination of hip-hop and pop, I think you can invite everybody to it." Songs on H.E.V. include "Just a Little Bit" (featuring Loon, with production by P. Diddy), "Would You Love Me?" (with Faith Evans and P. Diddy) "They Love Me California," "Heavy" and the reggae-tinged "Delilah." While it's too early to announce a single, Heavy D is especially proud of the cut with Evans, on which he raps, "If I never made a video/ If I never made all of this dough/ Would you love me?/ Would you still be down for me?" "It's me putting myself in this scenario where I'm going, 'What if I really wasn't this guy that I am now?' " Heavy said. "Would this crop of folks I've got around me eyeing me on a day to day basis still love me? Probably not." In addition to working on his own record, Heavy D has been busy with a slew of production and writing projects. P. Diddy recruited his services for a number of baby groups on Bad Bay, and he's also worked with Black Rob and G. Dep. The project he's buzzing the most about at the moment, however, is a track he's just written for the next Jay-Z album. "It's very different. I can't go into detail too much, but it's something very different, and people ain't expecting it," he said. "It's incredible. When I brought it to him, we sat in the car for like an hour just vibing to it. And he was like, 'I gotta do the record.' So, we're finishing up now." Heavy D has also been helping out his old friend Fat Joe. The two have frequently talked about collaborating, but it didn't happen until recently when Joe was having trouble with a few tracks for his next record. "He played me a couple of things that weren't flowing, so I was like, 'A'ight, by the time I get to New York I'm going to have one for you,' " recalled Heavy. "When I got in, I called him up and was like, 'Yo, check this out.' And he listened to it and was like, 'Yo, I have to do that.' So, we went to the studio and just laid it down."